13 October 2006 - World Bank Office Bangkok, in collaboration with the Commodity Risk Management Group (CRMG) organized a seminar on “Weather Index Insurance:  weather risk management for agriculture in Thailand” at Chaiyo Training Room. Zhi Liu welcomed the 35 participants from research institutes, government agencies, private sectors, international organizations and media. The CRMG team—William J. Dick, Agricultural Insurance Specialist; Dr. Alexander Lotsch, Technical Specialist; and Ornsaran Manuamorn, Operations Analyst, presented and discussed the index-based weather insurance program based in part on the piloting in Thailand. The participants spent almost 1.5 hours on very interactive Q&A session.

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Ornsaran Pomme Manuamorn. Review of Weather Index Insurance Project Developments in Thailand (PPT 7.8 Mb)

Alexander Lotsch. Flood Risk Modeling in Thailand .. and more .. (PPT 8.1 Mb)

William J. Dick. Weather index insurance for agriculutre. (PPT 5.6 Kb)